The short answer would be 'ask the followers of Piero Sraffa'.
I'm not 100% sure what is meant by the 'proper' way to describe a current of thought. I think it depends on the objective. There are third objectives, I think, which matter. The first is that the term should genuinely describe all those involved - it should be generic and informative. The second is that it should be non-rhetorical or neutral, so that naming something in order to make a claim, which is a substitute for logical argument, should be deprecated. This excludes both pejorative names ('neo-ricardians') or self-promotional claims ('modern classical political economy').
When we conceived the IWGVT rules (http://www.iwgvt.org/about%20us.htm#ScholarshipGuidelines) which were intended as guidelines to promote engaged scholarly debate (and which constitute the editorial guidelines for the online journal Critique of Political Economy), we suggested that a current of thought should normally be referred to in the same way that describes itself, and certainly not in a way that it disagrees with. This ensures that rhetorical devices such as tendentious naming (for example 'neo-Ricardians') do not substitute for the actual logic of discussion.
However, self-naming can be used to make 'self-promotional' claims not justified by the content of the actual current involved. This is also pejorative to others who share the identification but not the point of view. Julian's point is well-taken. Naming should be non-exclusive.
What do the followers of Piero Sraffa call themselves? Ian Steedman suggested the title 'surplus school' which many followers of Sraffa used at one time, but it has passed I think into disuse. The term 'long-run analysis' or 'long-period analysis' has been used by writers such as Kurz. Pasinetti introduced the term 'linear production system' which I think is descriptive, neutral, generic and non-exclusive. My inclination is to use the term 'linear production systems theorists' but that's a bit of a mouthful.
One can simply say 'post-Sraffians' which is also descriptive, neutral, generic and non-exclusive.
Regards
Alan
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Daniela's suggested would appear to include (or exclude, depending which way round you look at it) Marxist currents including followers of the New Interpretation and Temporal Single-System currents, among others.
Julian Wells
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I think the correct term is "modern clkassical political economy".
You may have a good analysis of this 'problem' in: A. Roncaglia, Piero Sraffa, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 . He defines three sraffian followers: Pasinetti, Garegnani e Sylos Labini (cfr. cap. 8).
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As far as I know, the (unfortunate) term "Neo-Ricardian" was first introduced by Bob Rowthorn in a paper published in 1974 in the New Left Review. Later on it was also used by Frank Hahn in his 1982 CJE paper "The neo-Ricardians".
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Yep we prefer Sraffian. Neo-Ricardian was a name given by certain Marxist authors that suggested that Sraffa was not a Marxist. Also, more recently the term Neo-Ricardian has been used with respect to Barro´s Ricardian Equivalence theory.
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That is correct. Look at "Conference of Socialist Economists and the Emergence of Heterodox Economics in Post-War Britain," Capital and Class, 75 (2001) for some discussion about the rise of the use of neo-Ricardian as a name for Sraffians.
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I have a vague memory of reading somewhere, that followers of Pierro Sraffa dislike being called "neo-Ricardians".
My problem is that I don't remember were have I read it.
If there is anybody on the list (knowledgeable enough or considering himself a follower of Sraffa) that would know what is the proper way of addressing them, I would be much obliged for a tip, and - if possible - a citation.
Thank you in advance,
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